u/LePetitToast

I know I’m bad with money. I know I’ll spend it if I can access it. Is there an option to just invest and not be able to touch unless to buy a house or pay for education? If not, what is the best investments that don’t let me touch the money until 5, 10 or 20 years?

Hello everyone,

I did five years of real estate Private Equity work and then took a sabbatical for a year because a family member died. I am now back and the thought of going back into finance disgusts me really. I really want to do something meaningful and impactful, where I feel like I’ve done some good and positively impacted someone.

I did very well in my Mathematics A-levels and studied finance and economics at university. I also used to tutor maths in high school, so know I’m not awful at it (although I do realise that is nothing like teaching a whole class). I also want to enjoy better work life balance (I understand work-life balance isn’t great at teaching but at least I wouldn’t end at 10pm!) and more holidays as I like to go on like bike trips.

How dumb of an idea would it be for me to become a maths teacher? I realise the pay will be much lower and I’m okay with that. I already own a paid-off home.

This is in the UK.

Hello everyone,

I studied finance and economics at university, and went down the Real Estate PE. By all means, I have a very good career, and I realise how privileged I am and how many people would love to be in my position, but I regret it so much.

I hate finance. I don’t care about it. I hate when people bring it up, I hate when people try to discuss it, I don’t care about talking about deals, I don’t care about money and bonuses, it just really depresses me thinking about doing this for the years to come.

I love real estate and architecture and place making though, but I don’t think that any job change I will do today that utilises my job skills will not involve finance.

Anybody else has been in a similar situation? Do I need to go back to studying something else?

Economist John Maynard Keynes famously predicted that by 2030, the working week would be 15 hours long. If AI is meant to make us so much more productive, let’s make his prediction true and reduce the working week to 15 hours a week!